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The San Diego Police Department
The San Diego Police Department is actively hiring police recruits, lateral police officers and dispatchers. High priority has been given to the unit to achieve the Chief's goal of 50 recruits per academy, four times per year. The unit was bolstered with a captain's position, an additional Recruiting Unit sergeant, and an additional recruiting officer position. The unit has been hard at work to streamline the background process to make it as efficient as possible. From start to finish, the hiring process now averages 3-4 months.
The Recruiting Unit focuses their efforts towards military veterans, college students and athletes. The recruiters attend anywhere between 30-45 events per month, in addition to running weekly P.A.T. (Physical Agility Test) practices and pre-academy workouts C.A.M.P. (Candidate Assistance Mentoring Program). The main target for applicants is on local San Diegans with a vested interest in serving their community. However, the Recruiting Unit does travel frequently to colleges in the Southwestern U.S. region to attract applicants to the San Diego lifestyle. The San Diego Police Department recently contracted with a professional marketing company to rebrand the Department and produce new content for a marketing campaign.